every year we go home and carve it into a jack-o'-lantern. i'm proud to have it here. >> the first place pumpkin weighed 1500 pounds, just 2 pounds heavier than the second place finisher. another fair in massachusetts, they claim a rhode island man produced the first pumpkin ever to weigh more than one ton. leaders of the topsfield fair say the huge pumpkin tipped the scales at 2009 pounds. a lot of pie. >>> thank you for watching 9news now at 6:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. >>> i'm mike hydeck. monika is off today. beverly farmer will have timesaver traffic in a moment. >> right now howard bernstein has our weather first for the first day of october. >> a chilly start to the month. down to the low to mid-40s in many areas. nice and crisp out there of the got some rain on the way. it's going to bring warmer temperatures also. this morning reagan national clear and 55. we'll be 67 by noon. the skies partly to mostly cloudy. we could get into a shower or th